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9781041249696: Place in the Liberal Arts

Synopsis

This book explains the enduring significance of topos, an Aristotelian translation of the concept of Place, by exploring how place shapes the kinds of arguments we make, texts we produce, the arts and technology we use.

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À propos de l'auteur

Randall Fowler is Assistant Professor of Political Rhetoric and Director of Undergraduate Research at Abilene Christian University, USA. The author of four previous books, his scholarly interests include presidential rhetoric, the rhetoric of religion, the Cold War, and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

J. Scott Lee is the co-founder of the Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC), a worldwide professional, liberal arts, and higher education society of colleges and universities. He was the Executive Director of ACTC for 24 years. Based on original data collection and ethnographic research in higher education, he advised diverse general and liberal education programs in over 75 institutions on four continents. Since retiring from ACTC, he has published a book on liberal arts education’s history and rejuvenation, book chapters on invention and rhetoric in the liberal arts in collected volumes, and book reviews on invention and the evolution of semiotics in humans and other species.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This book explains the enduring significance of topos, an Aristotelian translation of the concept of Place, by exploring how place shapes the kinds of arguments we make, texts we produce, the arts and technology we use.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.